Leading Culture: Building the Future of Work

About Leading Culture: Building the Future of Work

Leading Culture: Building the Future of Work brings together Workleap’s Chief People Officer, Kahina Ouerdane, and a guest CHRO or senior HR leader for candid, thought-provoking conversations about shaping the workplace of tomorrow. Together, they delve into how collective intelligence—the combined insights, experiences, and creativity of teams and leaders—can unlock new possibilities in HR and fuel our progress toward better workplaces. Each episode offers listeners a front-row seat to inspiring conversations filled with real stories, strategic insights, and practical takeaways.

Publisher

Workleap Podcasts

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Apr 2025

Latest episode

10 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Dec 2025

   What happens when HR starts telling the unvarnished truth? (with Christine Song, Founder 5 to 9 Society)

   Kahina Ouerdane interviews Christine Song about honest leadership, the changing role of HR, and maintaining company culture while scaling, revealing the importance of transparency in business.

2. 

   14 Aug 2025

   What if HR and IT weren’t separate functions, but one team? (Manuela Paoletta, SVP of People and Culture at AlayaCare, and Kahina Ouerdane, CPO at Workleap)

   SVP of People and Culture Manuela Paoletta and CPO Kahina Ouerdane discuss integrating HR and IT functions to enhance culture and onboarding, offering insights into the future of work.

3. 

   3 Jul 2025

   Scaling Culture, Remotely (Katya Laviolette, CPO at 1Password, and Kahina Ouerdane, CPO at Workleap)

   Katya Laviolette and Kahina Ouerdane explore scaling company culture within remote teams, emphasizing intentional onboarding and transparent communication in high-growth environments during this interview.

4. 

   19 Jun 2025

   Beyond Ratings: Performance Without the Box (Shirvani Mudaly, CPO at Lightspeed, and Kahina Ouerdane, CPO at Workleap)

   Chief People Officers Kahina Ouerdane and Shirvani Mudaly discuss reimagining performance management by building trust and clarity, rather than relying on traditional rating systems, in this interview episode.

5. 

   7 May 2025

   Leading Through Change with Intent (Afroditi Ladovrechis, CPO at Innocap, and Kahina Ouerdane, CPO at Workleap)

   What happens when you’re leading people through transformation—while transforming yourself at the same time?In this episode, Kahina, Chief People Officer at Workleap, is joined by Afroditi Ladovrechis, Chief People Officer at Innocap, for an honest conversation about the realities of HR leadership in moments of deep change. From navigating a major M&A to shifting from law to people operations, Afroditi shares how she’s learned to lead with heart, navigate ambiguity, and protect culture through complexity.Together, they explore what it really means to bring your full self to work, why alignment with organizational values matters, and how to evolve culture without losing its core. This is an episode about honesty, empathy, and the messy, meaningful work of building something better—for your people, and for yourself.

6. 

   15 Apr 2025

   Meaning at Work vs Meaning in Work (Mike Ross, former CHRO at Simons, and Kahina Ouerdane, CPO at Workleap)

   What does it really mean to find meaning at work? And who’s responsible for it — you, your boss, or does it fall somewhere in between? In this episode, Kahina, Chief People Officer at Workleap, sits down with Mike Ross — former CHRO at Simons, partner at Juniper, and PhD researcher on the psychology of work — for a conversation about what truly makes work matter. From purpose-driven Gen Z to the misunderstood power of rituals, Mike and Kahina breaks down the difference between meaning in work vs. meaning at work, why culture is more than a buzzword, and how leaders can stop systematizing empathy and start showing up like actual humans. It’s an invitation to listen, reflect, and tap into the power of collective intelligence — because meaning at work isn’t something we find alone.

Who has been a guest on Leading Culture: Building the Future of Work

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Christine Song
• Katya Laviolette
• Shirvani Mudaly

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

4,217,492

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

6

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.